“Don't worry about it, my child. Tell yourself that you are experiencing a true love story. But of course. Have you ever seen anyone write a poem about the woman he married and who yells at him four times a day? Do you think that if Romeo and Juliet had had six children together, there would have been a book about them? You're suffering! That's why you're playing so well now!”
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Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French novelist and cartoonist, renowned for her graphic novel 'Persepolis'. Born on November 22, 1969, in Tehran, Iran, her work primarily focuses on the experiences of Iranian women and the effects of political and social transformations in Iran. more
“Why does it seem that God in his infinite wisdom chooses to save some and not others?”
“When you go through the dark valleys, you awe inspire everyone.”
“Hope is build with pieces – so do not dare to suffer more than once;”
“Suffering has a way of turning a person inward, toward where God resides (xvii)”